Bengal reports 980 new Covid cases 13 fresh fatalities
Kolkata Oct 30 PTI West Bengals daily Covid-19 cases continued to hover around 980 for the past few days while the state recorded 13 fresh fatalities on Satutrday five more than the previous days figure according to the health department dataThe state registered 980 fresh cases on Saturday down from 982 on the previous day taking the toll to 1591994 It had logged 990 and 976 infections on October 28 and 27 respectivelyThe health department bulletin said eight nine and 15 people died due to the disease respectively on October 29 28 and 27Kolkata accounted for 272 new cases on Saturday while in neighbouring North 24 Parganas district the figure was 148 The respective figures on Friday were 273 and 161 on FridayOf the 13 fresh deaths North 24 Parganas accounted for five while the city registered four One death each was reported from Purba and Paschim Medinipur Murshidabad and Darjeeling districts the bulletin saidBengals positivity rate slightly increased to 208 per cent on Saturday It was 2 per cent on FridayIn the last 24 hours 880 recoveries were reported in the state taking the discharge rate to 9828 per cent So far 1564558 people have recovered from coronavirus in West BengalThe number of active cases currently is 8310Since Friday 47131 samples were tested for Covid-19 in West Bengal taking the total number of such examinations to 19180886 the bulletin saidMeanwhile 1003906 vaccine doses were administered in the state on Saturday a health department official said adding that 77454443 people have got at least one dose of the vaccine PTI SCH NN NN

Kolkata Oct 30 PTI West Bengals daily Covid-19 cases continued to hover around 980 for the past few days while the state recorded 13 fresh fatalities on Satutrday five more than the previous days figure according to the health department dataThe state registered 980 fresh cases on Saturday down from 982 on the previous day taking the toll to 1591994 It had logged 990 and 976 infections on October 28 and 27 respectivelyThe health department bulletin said eight nine and 15 people died due to the disease respectively on October 29 28 and 27Kolkata accounted for 272 new cases on Saturday while in neighbouring North 24 Parganas district the figure was 148 The respective figures on Friday were 273 and 161 on FridayOf the 13 fresh deaths North 24 Parganas accounted for five while the city registered four One death each was reported from Purba and Paschim Medinipur Murshidabad and Darjeeling districts the bulletin saidBengals positivity rate slightly increased to 208 per cent on Saturday It was 2 per cent on FridayIn the last 24 hours 880 recoveries were reported in the state taking the discharge rate to 9828 per cent So far 1564558 people have recovered from coronavirus in West BengalThe number of active cases currently is 8310Since Friday 47131 samples were tested for Covid-19 in West Bengal taking the total number of such examinations to 19180886 the bulletin saidMeanwhile 1003906 vaccine doses were administered in the state on Saturday a health department official said adding that 77454443 people have got at least one dose of the vaccine PTI SCH NN NN